Matenese Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Matenese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matenese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Matenese Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matenese Come From? nationality or country of origin

Matenese is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Matenese click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Matenese? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,352,516th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matenese are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Matenese is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Matenese
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